Transcript SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Guided Reading Section 1 – Chapter

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
How did the following help pave the way for
the Scientific Revolution?
Encouraged a spirit of curiosity
(humanism…)
*man and his world
 General re-birth of learning
(classics...)
*Greeks and Romans
 Printing press helps spread new
ideas
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Need for better tools for
navigation…
*Research in astronomy and math
increases
 Explorers make more discoveries
about the world…
*adds to scientific knowledge of
the world
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Copernicus 1473-1543
Heliocentric, but still dealt with
perfect circles
 Retrograde motions explained by
earth’s movements
 Church was OK with it, opened
doors to more study but it was
NOT accurate
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Brahe and Kepler
Tyco Brahe (1546-1601) - some
planets revolved around earth,
others the sun, left thousands of
observations
 Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) –
Brahe’s assistance, orbits of
planets are elliptical
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Used Telescope – to observe –
universe much more complex
 Confirms Copernicus
 Stated that the bible is wrong
 1992 – Pope John Paul II admitted
errors by Pope Urban VIII advisors at
the trial
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Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
I think, therefore I am
Deductive reasoning – deducing
a conclusion from a set of
premises not from scientific
observation
 Mathematics is the foundation of
all science
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Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
 Gravity – matter attracts
particles with a force
proportional to the product
of the two masses
 Became a hero in his time,
wealthy
 Victory of scientific method
OTHER DISCOVERIES
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Scientific Instruments
Telescope; Microscope,
Barometer, Thermometer
Medicine
*Human Anatomy Studied; 1st
Vaccine
(Smallpox)
Women during the Scientific
Revolution
Difficult for women
 Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) –
wrote of science, often critically correctly
 Maria Cunitz – astronomer, author
 Wives often helped husbands,
actually co-worked although
husbands received the credit
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